Despite recent controversies around these two comedians, Louis CK and Dave Chappelle have both been nominated for Grammy Awards this year. CK’s show “Sincerely Louis CK” is nominated in the Best Comedy Album category, while Chapelle’s collaboration with the poet Amir Sulaiman, 8:46, is nominated for Best Spoken Word Album. In 2018, five women who worked with CK in the past, have claimed inappropriate behavior by CK, including that he did something lewd in front of female comedians. Louis confirmed the claims were true. After that, he released a surprise special in April last year, joking about the incident at…
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A man who allegedly smuggled copies of Netflix’s hit series “Squid Game” in North Korea has been sentenced to death by firing squad, according to a report. This man smuggled copies of the show on USB drives from China into North Korea, despite efforts by North Korean authorities to keep it out of the country, where foreign media is banned. “Squid Game has been able to enter the country on memory storage devices such as USB flash drives and SD cards, which are smuggled in by ship, and then make their way inland. They say that the content is similar…
Steve Burton, an award-winning soap opera actor, has been dismissed from ABC’s “General Hospital” after refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine, according to an Instagram video he posted on Tuesday. Jason Morgan was played by Burton, who has been on and off the show since 1992. In a video posted on Instagram, the star stated that he had applied his medical and religious exemptions, but both were denied, adding that meant hurting his personal liberty. Nobody should lose their livelihood over this, he concluded. The cast of “General Hospital” was obliged to get COVID-19 vaccinated by November 1, making it…
Rachel Maddow dedicated an entire segment to the horrific Waukesha Christmas parade, but did not mention suspect Darrell E. Brooks Jr.’s name or ex-con background. At least five counts of first-degree intentional homicide and other additional charges will be filed against Brooks to the district attorney’s office, Waukesha Police Chief Dan Thompson said. During her show, Rachel Maddow didn’t mention Brooks by name as she only referred to him as “the suspect” and she failed to inform viewers about his lengthy criminal history dating back to 1999 that includes numerous violent felonies. MSNBC also chose not to display his mugshot…
With a $44 million opening from 4,315 sites, Sony’s “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” is on its way to a lucrative Thanksgiving box office. Jason Reitman’s sequel to the 1980s blockbuster is winning over audiences while beating forecasts. Estimates for the film varied from $27 million to $35 million, with Sony estimating the lower end of the range. Instead, the picture has debuted to a similar level as the “Ghostbusters” reboot, which grossed $46 million in 2016 – a movie that true Ghostbusters fans disliked more than anything due to it being a terrible movie in general. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaG_5ZZ2PyM The production budget for “Ghostbusters:…
Due to the slow, vaccine-fueled recovery of the theater industry, 2021 has been a very unusual year for the Hollywood box office. Even the biggest films’ ticket sales are still a fraction of what they would have been in 2019. The battle for the most successful Hollywood film of the year is being fought between F9 and the long-awaited James Bond sequel No Time To Die (waged in the $700 million range, rather than the post-billion range that the industry has become accustomed to). The fact that Marvel and Disney, which dominated these debates in the years leading up to…
During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Michael Keaton revealed he will be shooting new scenes this week in which he plays one of his super-hero villain roles, the Vulture! Keaton was asked to tell everyone about the return of Batman, as he is also reprising this role after 30 years, and he not only did talk about Batman but also revealed that he would repeat his role of Vulture – something many believe was supposed to be kept a secret for the upcoming movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NjegnNS9u0 “Tomorrow I’m shooting scenes in which Vulture appears,” said Keaton, but he fell silent…
The new season of Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness is now available on Netflix, with the premiere set for 3:01 a.m. Eastern Time. Despite all of the insanity with the show and characters, it’s back for more! The show premiered at the start of quarantine in 2020 and quickly became the most talked-about TV of the previous year and the new season is taking off right where it left off, sort of. All of this viral meme-making has prompted Netflix to order a second season so that viewers can catch up to Joe Exotic, Carole Baskin, and the rest…
Kirsten Dunst ran into a little teeth issue and had some disparity with pay, as revealed in a recent article on Independent. She was taken to the dentist to have her teeth fixed while preparing for the role in Spider-Man. She had no idea what was going on until the automobile arrived at the dentist’s office. Dunst was preparing to play Mary Jane Parker, Peter Parker’s charming love interest in the $130 million comic-book adaptation. She was beautiful, talented, and young – a dream come true for the producers. But wouldn’t a straight set of teeth make an upside-down kiss…
Tony Buzbee, Houston attorney, filed the lawsuit on behalf of more than one hundred and twenty clients, including Axel Acosta Avila. Axel was one of the victims killed during the tragic incident at the Astroworld Festival. This lawsuit could be the biggest one yet. The lawsuit seeks $750 million in damages from a long list of defendants including Travis Scott, Apple Music, Drake. Apple Music and Epic Records are among the companies named in the lawsuit as having expected to profit handsomely from the event. According to Buzbee, their own research revealed that the event was doomed from the start,…
Sesame Street is launching a new puppet character and their main goal appears to be fighting racism. Ji-Young, the show’s new star, will join the muppets of “Sesame Street” this month. It’s the first Asian American Muppet in the show’s five-decade-long history. Ji-Young, a seven-year-old girl of Korean American origin, will make her television debut on the “Sesame Street” Thanksgiving Day special named “See Us Coming Together.” The show will air on November 25. The program is part of Sesame Workshop’s “Coming Together” racial justice initiative, which commenced working last year with the goal to teach kids about racial literacy.…
According to Variety, a crew member alerted the producers of “Rust” about Dave Halls, the first assistant director, who had been sloppy with the safety of the set on a previous film. Halls told the detectives that he neglected to properly inspect a gun before giving it to Alec Baldwin on the set of “Rust.” While practicing, Baldwin fired the gun, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding the movie director. The anonymous crew member spoke about another incident taking place on the “One Way” movie set, where Halls was a first assistant director as well. The automobiles were driven by…
In just a few days a number of songs called “Let’s Go Brandon” have reached the top of the iTunes charts. According to PopVortex, there was a total number of four anti-Biden rap anthems titled “Let’s Go Brandon” in the iTunes top 10 U.S. music chart as of Thursday. On Monday, there were twice as many Brandon-themed songs in the top ten. On the iTunes Top 10 Music Charts USA, Bryson Gray’s “Let’s Go Brandon” (with Tyson James and Chandler Crump) maintained the first position. Three versions connected to rapper Loza Alexander held the second, fifth, and sixth positions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr_F_XQrukM…
According to the New Mexico district attorney, Mary Carmack-Altwies, the shooting on Alec Baldwin’s film “Rust” set might end in criminal charges because they haven’t ruled anything out just yet, as reported on CNN. Alec Baldwin, a well-known Hollywood actor, was on the set of a movie in Santa Fe when he mistakenly fired a loaded revolver. Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer, was killed, and Joel Souza, the director, was injured. For the time being, no charges have been filed in relation to the incident. WATCH the news video on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13KYjT06_BM Carmack-Altwies said that there had been a significant number…
Alec Baldwin has been a major news topic this week after two people were accidentally shot on the set of the movie ‘Rust’ – with one person passing away and another being injured, sent to hospital, and released. The constantly revolving story keeps adding layer after layer as more details emerge, other celebrities weigh in, and everything is investigated to see what happens next. Actress Kirstie Alley made a statement based on her personal background in the industry. Keep in mind that her statement might be reflective of her personal experience. She said, “No AD yells “COLD GUN” The armourer…
Dave Chappelle has the media spinning in circles after his recent Netflix special, ‘The Closer,’ had caused chaos among people who’ve slammed the comedian as transphobic. This all happened after jokes from his special got people upset and people spoke out against him, but Chappelle was standing his ground in the face of cancel culture. He said he’s fine with talking to any of the trans employees from Netflix about it, but he also seems very unlikely to apologize for any of his jokes, no matter what. Chappelle, whose special sparked a small walkout of Netflix employees, also said it’s…
TMZ has obtained a copy of the 911 call that was recorded, stemming from the set of the movie ‘Rust’ with Alec Baldwin, who allegedly fired a prop gun loaded with a real bullet, striking and killing one, injuring another. “We need help immediately” was said on the call by the script supervisor who stated two people were shot by accident, further telling the 911 operator that she was not sure if it was a real bullet or not. She said it happened during a rehearsal, but seemed bothered as she was answering. A male caller then gets on the…
A DC Comics artist has quit amid the scandal with the Superman motto being altered to remove the “American way” statement and replacing it with something much different The old Superman motto is “truth, justice, and the American way” – and they’re changing it to “truth, justice, and a better tomorrow” – completely removing the mention of “American way” – a long standing motto, and that’s got a lot of people very irritated. The DC Comics artist who quit is colorist Gabe Eltaeb. He stated that he’s sick of the changes and characters being ruined. Specifically, he said: “I’m tired…
Former Superman actor, Dean Cain, weighed in on cancel culture during an interview on Fox News. Cain was talking to Ainsley Earhardt when he took cancel culture head on and essentially called it insane. He said that in today’s culture, if he were Superman right now, that he likely would not be able to say “truth, justice, and the American way” – the now former motto of Superman’s character over the years, but is going to be changed to drop the “American” out of it. At one point Ainsley Earhardt said: “Oh my gosh. You’re right. You’re absolutely right” and…
Things aren’t looking too good for Jussie Smollett after a judge denied the request for his lawsuit to be dismissed. The former Empire Actor will go to trial where he faces criminal charges of lying to police related to an incident where he claimed he was attacked and the alleged attackers said anti-gay slurs and mean racist things to him. Smollet’s attorney, Nenye Uche, suggested his rights were being violated because Jussie already did some community service and gave up a $10,000 bond under another deal with a Cook County prosecutor to drop some charges. But nope, Judge James Linn…
Georgia could take another potential revenue loss after this. Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua plan to move their big-budget movie out of Georgia as a result of the recent new voting restrictions recently set in place. The movie is called “Emancipation” and it’s a runaway slave thriller that appears to be running away from Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. It wasn’t too long ago that MLB moved the all-star game out of Atlanta and into Denver, despite Denver being considered more “white” than Atlanta – a move that many criticized was a mistake, but MLB has gone through with it thus…
Host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has put his foot down and made the demand that his fans and anyone else start to “get rid of” one particular GOP member and those who are similar. Colbert targeted Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) in his monologue, referring to him as an “idiot” and using him as an example of the GOP members he’d like to have removed from their positions of power. His method of getting rid of them is to simply vote them out of office. Colbert spoke in a ten minute monologue and unleashed his thoughts and opinions…
Today is Donald Trump’s last full day in the White House as the President of the United States and Tiffany Trump made her own announcement that she’s now engaged. The Trump daughter made her post on Instagram and posted a photograph of the man she plans to marry. His name is Michael Boulos and the pair has been dating for at least two years, according to a report on The Hill. Trump posted a message and photo of her soon-to-be husband on Instagram. Her message stated the following, “It has been an honor to celebrate many milestones, historic occasions and…
Co-hosts of The View got into a heated moment during the show when Joy Behar told Meghan McCain “I did not miss you” after she returned to work from maternity leave. It all went down when the hosts were talking about political parties and if there should be more of them, particularly more than the main two of Democrats and Republicans. Of course, as with many political discussions, this one also went a bit haywire and the pair began to bicker during the show. Behar said: “Let the Republicans fight amongst themselves… On the one hand, you have the Republicans,…
The time has come for Lori Loughlin to be released from federal prison and she was set free today. She served two months in the slammer after she was busted for paying about $500,000 in bribe money to get both of her daughters into college and the role in a big bribery scheme for college admissions. She served her time in a California jail in Dublin. Her hubby, Mossimo Giannulli (fashion designer), is still serving his hard time in a five-month sentence. He’s locked up in Lompoc, which is close to the Santa Barbara area of California, per a report…